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MARY ALFRED
Department: Educational Administration and Human Resource Development
Office#: 541 Harrington Office Building
804D Harrington Office Building
Mail Stop: 4226
Office Phone: (979) 845-2788
E-mail:
Title: Associate Professor & Associate Dean
Directory Title: Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Primary Emphasis Area: Adult Education
Vita: View Document
Research Interests
Adult learning and development
Equity and Social Justice in education and the workplace
Immigration and learning
Welfare reform and women's economic development
Women of the Diaspora
Editorial Positions

Editor (2008 - ). Adult Learning

Editorial Board Member (2006 - ). New Horizons in Adult Education

Editor (2006 - 2007). International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Co-Editor (2005 - 2008). Adult Learning

Co-Editor (2005 - 2006). New Horizons in Adult Education

Editorial Board Member (2002 - 2005). Adult Learning

Consulting Editor (2001 - ). Adult Education Quarterly

Publications*

1. Alfred, V. M., & Nafukho, F. M. (in press). International and comparative examination of adult and continuing education. A handbook of adult and continuing education.

2. Alfred, M. V. (2009). Diversity, culture, and human performance in work organizations. In V. Wang & K. King (Eds). Global human performance and training. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

3. Bonner, F., Alfred, M., Lewis, C., Nave, F. & Frizell, S. (2009). Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and academically gifted Black students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM): Discovering the alchemy for success. Journal of Urban Education: Focus on Enrichment, 6(1), 122-136

4. Alfred, M. V. (2009). Transnational identities and instructional design in adult education. In V. Wang (Ed.). Curriculum development for adult learners in global community. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing.

5. Alfred, M. V. (2008). A Sociocultural Approach to Adult Literacy Education. Perspectives: New York Journal of Adult Learning (6)2, 41-48.

6. Alfred, M. V. (2008). Immigrant Women of Color Explore Identity and Place in US Academe. Perspectives: New York Journal of Adult Learning, 7 (1), 25-42.

7. Alfred, M. V. (2007). Journey to adult education: A brief autobiography. In K. B. Armstrong, L. W. Nabb, & A. P. Czech (Eds.), North American adult educators: Phyllis M. Cunningham archive of quintessential autobiographies for the twenty-first century. Chicago, IL: Discovery Association Publishing House.

8. Alfred, M. V., & Martin, L. G. (2007). The development of economic self-sufficiency among former welfare recipients: Lessons from Wisconsin’s welfare to work program. International Journal of Training and Development (11)1, 2-19.

9. Alfred, M. V. (2007). Welfare reform and Black women’s economic development. Adult Education Quarterly (57)4, 293-311.

10. Alfred, M. V. (2006). Race, politics, and economic self-sufficiency in a culture of welfare reform. In S. Merriam, B. Courtenay, & R. Cervero,(Eds.), Global issues and adult education: Perspectives from Latin America, Southern Africa, and the United States (pp. 106-117). San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.

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* Publication was joint-authored with students
Diss Publication was from a dissertation
ROS Publication was from a record of study

College of Education and Human Development Grants and Contracts (Current)

The Barbara Bush Fellowships at TCALL.
Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy (Private)
2009/07/01 - 2010/06/30
Total Funding: 100,000.

First Lady's Family Literacy Technical Assistance Project.
Barbara Bush Texas Fund (Private)
2008/09/01 - 2010/08/31
Total Funding: 100,270.

Adult Literacy Statewide Clearinghouse Project.
TEA (State)
2008/07/01 - 2010/06/30
Total Funding: 2,620,000.

Education Research Project: An Empirical Investigation of the Success Factors Impacting African American Students in Engineering and Technology at Historically Black Universities.
NSF (Federal)
2007/06/01 - 2010/05/31
Total Funding: 558,633.
Courses Taught
EAHR Faculty   |   EAHR Staff